2 `schemes` is a dictionary with lowercase URI addressing schemes as
3 keys and descriptions as values. It was compiled from the index at
4 http://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes (revised 2003-11-26)
5 and an older list at http://www.w3.org/Addressing/schemes.html.
8 # Many values are blank and should be filled in with useful descriptions.
11 'about': 'provides information on Navigator',
12 'acap': 'Application Configuration Access Protocol',
13 'addbook': "To add vCard entries to Communicator's Address Book",
14 'afp': 'Apple Filing Protocol',
15 'afs': 'Andrew File System global file names',
16 'aim': 'AOL Instant Messenger',
17 'callto': 'for NetMeeting links',
18 'castanet': 'Castanet Tuner URLs for Netcaster',
19 'chttp': 'cached HTTP supported by RealPlayer',
20 'cid': 'content identifier',
21 'data': ('allows inclusion of small data items as "immediate" data; '
23 'dav': 'Distributed Authoring and Versioning Protocol; RFC 2518',
24 'dns': 'Domain Name System resources',
25 'eid': ('External ID; non-URL data; general escape mechanism to allow '
26 'access to information for applications that are too '
27 'specialized to justify their own schemes'),
28 'fax': ('a connection to a terminal that can handle telefaxes '
29 '(facsimiles); RFC 2806'),
30 'feed' : 'NetNewsWire feed',
31 'file': 'Host-specific file names',
34 'ftp': 'File Transfer Protocol',
36 'gopher': 'The Gopher Protocol',
37 'gsm-sms': ('Global System for Mobile Communications Short Message '
39 'h323': 'video (audiovisual) communication on local area networks',
40 'h324': ('video and audio communications over low bitrate connections '
41 'such as POTS modem connections'),
42 'hdl': 'CNRI handle system',
43 'hnews': 'an HTTP-tunneling variant of the NNTP news protocol',
44 'http': 'Hypertext Transfer Protocol',
45 'https': 'HTTP over SSL',
46 'hydra': 'SubEthaEdit URI. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit.',
47 'iioploc': 'Internet Inter-ORB Protocol Location?',
48 'ilu': 'Inter-Language Unification',
49 'im': 'Instant Messaging',
50 'imap': 'Internet Message Access Protocol',
51 'ior': 'CORBA interoperable object reference',
52 'ipp': 'Internet Printing Protocol',
53 'irc': 'Internet Relay Chat',
54 'iseek' : 'See www.ambrosiasw.com; a little util for OS X.',
55 'jar': 'Java archive',
56 'javascript': ('JavaScript code; evaluates the expression after the '
58 'jdbc': 'JDBC connection URI.',
59 'ldap': 'Lightweight Directory Access Protocol',
63 'mailbox': 'Mail folder access',
64 'mailserver': 'Access to data available from mail servers',
65 'mailto': 'Electronic mail address',
67 'mid': 'message identifier',
69 'modem': ('a connection to a terminal that can handle incoming data '
71 'mupdate': 'Mailbox Update (MUPDATE) Protocol',
72 'news': 'USENET news',
73 'nfs': 'Network File System protocol',
74 'nntp': 'USENET news using NNTP access',
75 'opaquelocktoken': '',
77 'pop': 'Post Office Protocol',
78 'pop3': 'Post Office Protocol v3',
81 'prospero': 'Prospero Directory Service',
82 'rdar' : 'URLs found in Darwin source (http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/).',
84 'rtsp': 'real time streaming protocol',
87 'rx': 'Remote Execution',
89 'service': 'service location',
90 'shttp': 'secure hypertext transfer protocol',
91 'sip': 'Session Initiation Protocol',
92 'sips': 'secure session intitiaion protocol',
93 'smb': 'SAMBA filesystems.',
94 'snews': 'For NNTP postings via SSL',
97 'ssh': 'Reference to interactive sessions via ssh.',
98 't120': 'real time data conferencing (audiographics)',
100 'tel': ('a connection to a terminal that handles normal voice '
101 'telephone calls, a voice mailbox or another voice messaging '
102 'system or a service that can be operated using DTMF tones; '
104 'telephone': 'telephone',
105 'telnet': 'Reference to interactive sessions',
106 'tftp': 'Trivial File Transfer Protocol',
107 'tip': 'Transaction Internet Protocol',
108 'tn3270': 'Interactive 3270 emulation sessions',
110 'urn': 'Uniform Resource Name',
112 'vemmi': 'versatile multimedia interface',
114 'view-source': 'displays HTML code that was generated with JavaScript',
115 'wais': 'Wide Area Information Servers',
117 'whois++': 'Distributed directory service.',
118 'x-man-page': 'Opens man page in Terminal.app on OS X (see macosxhints.com)',
121 'z39.50r': 'Z39.50 Retrieval',
122 'z39.50s': 'Z39.50 Session',}